This is by far the most scenic and interesting route. It
takes in both tropical forests and moor land.

Day 1:
Nairobi/Chogoria
Pick up from your Nairobi Hotel at 8am and drive north to
Chogoria town for lunch and afternoon leisure walk in the town
to acclimatize. Dinner and overnight at Chogoria Transit Motel,
2000m, L,D.

Day 2: Chogoria/Mount Meru Bandas -
4hrs, 16km walk, 950m ascent
After breakfast, take a 4x4WD vehicle to the forest clearance,
16km from where the walk starts. You will walk for 16km through
the forest along the dirt and sometimes very muddy road for 4hrs
to reach Mount Meru Bandas at 2950m for lunch and afternoon
walks. Dinner and overnight at Mt. Meru Bandas, B,L,D

Day 3: Mount Meru Bandas - Road Head
Camp, 3hrs, 9km, 350m ascent
After breakfast follow the track through giant heather and
forest up to Chogoria road head from where the path drops to
cross a stream then follows the broad ridge to the east of the
gorges valley to reach Road Head Camp taking approximately
3-4hrs. Overnight at Road Head Camp at 3300m.

Day 4: Road Head/Mintos Hut - 4 hrs,
12km
After breakfast follow the track through giant heather and
forest up to Chogoria road head from where the path drops to
cross a stream then follows the broad ridge to the east of the
gorges valley to reach Mintos Hut, 4200m. Dinner and overnight
at Mintos Hut, B, L, D
Day 5: Mintos/Point Lenana/Met Station - 11-12 hrs, 29km, 785m
ascent/1985m descent
Leave shortly after midnight at 2am towards the main peaks and
divide after an hour, above a flat green area at the head of the
valley known as temple fields, arriving at point Lenana at
6:30am. After taking photographs, descend to Mackinders for
breakfast and continue down to Met Station at 3000m for dinner
and overnight rest, B,L,D
Day 6: Met Station/Naromoru/Nairobi - 3hrs, 9km, 400m descent
After breakfast, descend through the rainforest which is 9km to
Naromoru Park Gate at 2,600m where you will connect with your
transport back to Nairobi, arriving at approximately 3pm, B,L

Tour cost: US$ 980 per person

Included in the price:
• Guarantee price/guarantee trek on confirmation
• Transfer to and from the base of the mountain
• Full board accommodation whilst on the trek.

• All park entrance fees to include government taxes
• Service of an English speaking professional guide, porters and
skilled cook
• Start and finish Nairobi
• Treated water on the trek.
• On completion, successful climb Certificate

Excluded:
• Tips, laundry, sleeping bags and drinks

• Accommodation before/after the trek

• climbing gears
• International flights
• Visas to Kenya
• Items of personal nature
• Any other extras not detailed in the above itinerary

Mount Kenya is Africa’s
second highest mountain at 5,199m (17,058
feet) and the highest of all Kenya
Mountains. Mount Kenya is roughly circular, about 60km across at the
200mm contour, where the steep font hills rise out of the gentler slopes
of the centered highlands. At the centre of the massif, the main peaks
rise sharply from around 4,500m to the main summit of Batian 5,199m,
Nelion 5,188m and point Lenana 4,985m. Other major summits on the
mountain include Point Piggott 4,957m, Point Dutton 4,885 and Point John
4,883m. Of the three main peaks (Batian, Lenana and Nelion), only point
Lenana can be reached by trekkers and the other two being only for
technical climbers.

Africa's highest
mountain, Mount Kilimanjaro stands on featureless part of the East
African plateau, on the Tanzanian side of the Kenya border near Moshi,
side by side with the smaller Mount Meru. These mountains are extinct
volcanoes, with Kilimanjaro actually being the agglomeration of three
distinct volcanoes, Kibo (5896m/ 19,340 ft), Mwenzi (5,149 / 16,896 ft)
and Shira (3,962m / 13,000 ft). whose violent creation is geologically
associated with the creation of the Great Rift Valley, 100km to the
West.

Mount Meru is Mount
Kilimanjaro's little sister, standing at 4,566m compared to 5,895m, but
is still an impressive freestanding volcano, which makes a superb four
day climb to the top. It last erupted in 1910 therefore can be
classified as an active volcano. The first Mount Meru ascent was made by Dr. Fritz
Jaeger, 1904. The town of Arusha lies at the base of Mount Meru
Trekking, loads of trek companies do this trek. Wild animals are
frequently found on this mountain therefore an armed ranger usually
accompanies the trekkers.